Day 5 - the ferry from Dunoon

Once the rain lifted we made great time on the roads alongside Loch Awe and Loch Fine
Good surfaces, fairly flat elevation and no rain make for happy joglers. We made it to the far side of Loch fine before my route planning failed. The road became a farm track and then a gravel path. Painfully slow progress nursing out cracked wheels and slow punctures over a treacherous surface. Even some Flemish style cobbles.

On the map I saw an opportunity to escape back to the a road. Failing to check the gradient, we hit a good road that climbed very very sharply, and kept climbing - exhausting stuff. We the. Had 30 miles to go. We left Loch Fynes and turned down south towards Dunoon, climbing over a hill, and then along another Loch. Spectacular views of mountains today and although our legs were tired the promise of a rest on the ferry spurred us on.

As we came to Hunters Quay a boy cycling behind us had a nasty fall and came off his bike on a corner. He dazed, bruised and quite embarrassed so after making sure he was OK we rolled on to the Dunoon to Greenock ferry.

Dramatic views of sun setting over the hills, and cloud rolling in were all sound us. The ferry is regular and took 15 minutes. As foot passengers we were off first too.

Now Will had a faster.alow puncture and we had to stop every 3-4 miles to pump the tyre up. The last 10 miles, big climb of 200 plus meters into the Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park were worth it for some glorious upland ds views, and griffin pylon shots (sending these to @pylonofthemonth

We got to our campsite just as night fell. Few midges, nice breeze and lovely campsite.